Monthly Archives: February 2023

PhD success – Jiajia Zhang

We are very happy to announce that on 20 February Jiajia Zhang passed her PhD viva, subject to minor corrections.

Her thesis is entitled “Prototype design and testing of a self-propelled vibro-impact capsule system for lower gastrointestinal endoscopies”. Her PhD was supervised by Prof. Yang Liu, Prof. Dibin Zhu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) and Prof. Shyam Prasad (Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust).

Many thanks to her examiners: Prof. Daniil Yurchenko from the University of Southampton, Dr Dong Wang (internal examiner) and Dr Evangelos Papatheou (non-examining independent examiner).